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Financing deal-stage tracker
The founder has a complete, sequenced map of the financing process, split at the term sheet signing and ending at funds received, with every stage named, owner-assigned, and closed by a gating artifact, and a duration roll-up checked against the cap set at intake.
You receive: A JSON object { stages[], totalWeeks, exclusivityWeeks, summary } where stages[] is an array of { stageId, order, name, phase, durationWeeks, drivenBy, gatingArtifact, milestoneType }. Exact allowed values: phase is pre_term_sheet or post_term_sheet; drivenBy is founder, investor, or mutual; milestoneType is meeting, ic_review, term_sheet_signed, due_diligence, legal_docs, or funds_received. Orders form an unbroken 1..N sequence, totalWeeks equals the exact sum of durationWeeks and stays within the intake cap, and exclusivityWeeks echoes the intake value.
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Example
A sample of what this play produces. Your result is generated for your inputs.
Stages
| Stage Id | Order | Name | Phase | Duration Weeks | Driven By | Gating Artifact | Milestone Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | 1 | Target list and warm outreach | pre_term_sheet | 3 | founder | Tracked list of 40 pre-seed investors with a first meeting booked from warm intros and launch-community contacts | meeting |
| s2 | 2 | First partner meetings | pre_term_sheet | 3 | founder | Deck and live product walkthrough delivered: the living-system pitch (STUD knows the business, does the work, learns from every result) with the 265-play catalog demo | meeting |
| s3 | 3 | Deep-dive and data requests | pre_term_sheet | 2 | founder | Data pack sent: pricing plans ($20/$60/$180 monthly), modeled 87 percent gross margin (labeled estimated), and the illustrative launch scenario (200 signups, 40 activated month 1) | meeting |
| s4 | 4 | Investment committee review | pre_term_sheet | 2 | investor | IC memo circulated at the lead fund and a verbal yes-or-no on the $1M target (illustrative, not a committed raise) | ic_review |
| s5 | 5 | Term sheet negotiation and signing | pre_term_sheet | 2 | mutual | Signed term sheet with a 10-week exclusivity (no-shop) clause; entity formation completes here since STUD is not yet incorporated | term_sheet_signed |
| s6 | 6 | Business and product diligence | post_term_sheet | 4 | investor | Diligence checklist closed: catalog and judge walkthrough, pricing and credit-peg review, founder references for Dan Schmitz | due_diligence |
| s7 | 7 | Legal drafting and closing docs | post_term_sheet | 3 | investor | Final SAFE or priced-round documents executed by both sides, board consents collected | legal_docs |
| s8 | 8 | Wire and close | post_term_sheet | 1 | investor | Funds received in the company account and closing confirmation sent to all investors | funds_received |
Total Weeks
20
Exclusivity Weeks
10
Summary
STUD's pre-seed raise runs about 20 weeks end to end against a 26-week cap: 12 founder-driven weeks to a signed term sheet (outreach, partner meetings, data deep-dive, IC review), then 8 investor-driven weeks of diligence, legal docs, and the wire. The 10-week exclusivity window covers the entire post-term-sheet phase with 2 weeks of slack, so diligence overruns do not force a renegotiation. The single biggest schedule risk is stage s5: entity formation is pending, so incorporation sits on the critical path to signing.
Opens soon
STUD opens runs for everyone soon, on every play at once.
Scope of the check
What's verified: STUD verifies structure and arithmetic: the submission is a JSON object of at most 20,000 characters; stages holds at least your minimum number of stage objects; stage orders form an unbroken 1..N sequence; every stage carries a non-empty stageId, a name of at least 3 characters, and a gatingArtifact of at least 3 characters; phase, drivenBy, and milestoneType use only these exact values: phase is pre_term_sheet or post_term_sheet, drivenBy is founder, investor, or mutual, and milestoneType is meeting, ic_review, term_sheet_signed, due_diligence, legal_docs, or funds_received; every milestone you require appears at least once (required values outside that list are ignored, and if none are valid the full six-milestone list applies); exactly one term_sheet_signed stage splits the sequence (it and every stage before it pre_term_sheet, every stage after it post_term_sheet); exactly one funds_received stage sits last; every durationWeeks is a number above zero; totalWeeks equals the exact sum of the stage durationWeeks values and does not exceed your maximum (that sum-and-cap check is the ONLY arithmetic verified); exclusivityWeeks echoes the exact number you set at intake; and summary is a string of at least 20 characters. Your criteria must sit in range or the submission is rejected: minimum stages 1 to 30, maximum total weeks above 0 up to 260, exclusivity weeks above 0 up to 52. STUD does NOT predict the real timeline of your deal, does NOT judge whether durations, owners, or gating artifacts are realistic or well chosen, and does NOT verify your company context: the company name, company stage, target raise, and round-context intake fields inform the operator only and are never enforced.
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